Independent Bookstore Day returns April 29 for a day of reader solidarity, or, in the words of one local participant, Skylight Books, “Today we all bleed indie!”Launched in California in 2014, Independent Bookstore Day has since gone national — this year’s list of participants boasts 458 bookstores in 48 states, including 15 in the Los Angeles area. “It’s also a way to reach people,” said Samantha Schoech, founder and director of Independent Bookstore Day. But the staff at independent bookstores, Schoech said, are “the people that readers go to when they need suggestions. Just like on Record Store Day (April 22) and Free Comic Book Day (May 6) — the two events Independent Bookstore Day is modeled on — specialty items will be available only to those who buy them in person at the brick-and-mortar establishments. (CBD Publishing)Independent Bookstore Day is in its fourth year, and Schoech said this year’s event feels different.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 16, 2017 16:52 UTC